#B8BB55#B8BB55

#B8BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB55
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -14.94, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 52.60, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0441 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.126 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1781, 46.3878, 15.4825)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB55 #5855BB

analogous

#BB8B55 #B8BB55 #85BB55

triadic

#B8BB55 #55B8BB #BB55B8

tetradic

#B8BB55 #55BB8B #5855BB #BB5585

square

#B8BB55 #55BB8B #5855BB #BB5585

split-complementary

#B8BB55 #5585BB #8B55BB

monochromatic

#696B2B #94973C #B8BB55 #CACC81 #DDDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B8BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB55

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB55	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf88',
    500: '#b8bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb55;
$custom-light: #cfcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76893,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB55

secondary

#A1A0CC

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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